And invisible to me because it was so remote and small, flying swiftly and steadily toward me across that incredible distance, drawing nearer every minute by so many thousands of miles, came the Thing they were sending us, the Thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth.H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898Which word in the passage helps create a sense of fear and anxiety?A.smallB.earthC.deathD.thousandsSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

d this passage:And invisible to me because it was so remote and small, flying swiftly and steadily toward me across that incredible distance, drawing nearer every minute by so many thousands of miles, came the Thing they were sending us, the Thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth.H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898Which words in the passage help create a sense of fear and anxiety?A.every minuteB.so remoteC.the earthD.the ThingSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

And invisible to me because it was so remote and small, flying swiftly and steadily towards me across that incredible distance, drawing nearer every minute by so many thousands of miles, came the Thing they were sending to us, the Thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth.Which statement best explains why Wells calls the Martian spacecraft "the Thing"?A.Wells calls it "the Thing" to describe what the ship and the creatures within it look like to readers.B.Wells calls it "the Thing" to explain to readers how unimportant it is to the rest of the story.C.Wells calls it "the Thing" to provide readers with the proper name he will use for it later.D.Wells calls it "the Thing" to give readers the impression that it's almost too terrible to name or describe.

The immediate pressure of necessity has brightened their intellects, enlarged their powers, and hardened their hearts. And looking across space with instruments, and intelligences such as we have scarcely dreamed of, they see, at its nearest distance only 35,000,000 of miles sunward of them, a morning star of hope, our own warmer planet, green with vegetation and grey with water, with a cloudy atmosphere eloquent of fertility, with glimpses through its drifting cloud wisps of broad stretches of populous country and narrow, navy-crowded seas.H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898What can you infer about the narrator from this passage in The War of the Worlds?A.That he doesn't care about the MartiansB.That he is angry that the Martians cameC.That he is shy and doesn't have friendsD.That he is intelligent and well educatedSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

When The War of the Worlds was written, England feared _____.A.attack from another countryB.economic collapseC.plagueD.alien invasion

It was a beautiful sight to ............., an example of nature at its most pure and powerful.a.interposeb.beholdc.musterd.refract